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Sat Dec-19-09 07:18 PM
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| Is it possible for the (weakened) Public Option to survive with reconciliation? |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8422549.stmEven if its possible, it's hard to be optimistic about it.
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Sat Dec-19-09 07:20 PM
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| 1. Nope. Ben Nelson says unless it looks like the senate bill he is out. |
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Sat Dec-19-09 07:56 PM
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| 3. reconciliation means we only need 50 votes--Nelson would be irrelevant |
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Just make it a Budget Bill, fund Medicare Expansion to age zero and pass it with 50 votes and Biden
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Sat Dec-19-09 08:24 PM
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| 6. Oh you mean the Howard dean method. |
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Yeah I am totally cool with that
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Sat Dec-19-09 07:24 PM
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Bills always get better for lobbyists when they go into conference. Secret behind closed doors negotiations are lobbyists' wet dreams.
As bad as the bill is now, it will be worse after conference.
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Sat Dec-19-09 08:06 PM
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| 4. Not likely and bill is probably better without it. |
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